AP Statistics › How to establish blind experiments
Alpha Corporation developed a new pill to treat elevated glucose levels. They want to test the efficiency of the pill to lower glucose levels by gathering a sample of people with high glucose and giving them either:
A daily dose of their new pill ("Experimental Group")
A daily placebo pill that looks the same but does not do anything ("Placebo Group")
How can they make this a "Blind Study"?
Which of the following is an example of a double blind experiment?
A study is attempting to test various brands of cola against each other. Which of these would not be a measure that could be used to help create a double blind test?
A drug company wants to test a new pill that should make people's nails grow twice as quickly as normal. How can they make the study a blind study?
Which of the following is an example of a single-blind experiment?